Playing with the whodunnit conventions, Ex from Alicia Thompson is a slow uncovering of the impacts of those close the the event. Alicia Thompson talks with Natalie Conyer about how she developed the story, the importance of notebooks (dated!) and where she found the starting point amongst all the story lines, themes and key plot points.
Do you keep a diary? Michelle Prak talks about doing just that, how it informs her writing and how it also gives her the ammunition when someone queries a character.
Simon & Schuster is generously donating 20 copies of Barren Cape by Adelaide Sisters in Crime member, Michelle Prak, for the April Crime Stack. It’s a spine-chilling thriller about what happens when people are pushed to the edge and forced to make unthinkable choices.
Sisters in Crime is mourning the death in Melbourne of Kerry Greenwood, founding member and beloved friend and author, at the age of 70. Sisters in Crime is planning a celebration of Kerry Greenwood’s life.
Best-selling author and multiple award winner, Jacqueline Bublitz, spoke to Sisters in Crime’s Jacq Ellem for the March Murder Monday. Her latest novel is Leave the Girls Behind.
Fun ahead . . . Host ‘Judge’ Betty King explores tall tales and true of homicide investigations with former Homicide Squad detective Narrelle Fraser, forensic pathologist Joanna Glengarry, and defence barrister Zoe Broughton. Who does what and with (and to) whom in the course of a murder investigation, from the collection of evidence, the interrogation of suspects, the laying of charges, and the trial? And what interesting things happen along the way?
In a unique offer, HarperCollins Publishing is generously donating 10 copies each of its two Regency murder mysteries – Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator, and The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin for the March Crime Stack. The Crime Stack is a benefit for Sisters in Crime members. Every month there are 20 books to win in a random draw of members. Join now to be in the running.
Ashley Kalagian Blunt, the Queen of the techno thriller, spoke to Sisters in Crime’s Jacq Ellem for the February Murder Monday. Her latest thriller is Cold Truth, se in Winnipeg.
This has to be one of the most heartbreaking and inspiring blog posts we’ve had. Rose Carlyle’s latest book – No One Will Know – is grounded in the story of her incredible grandmother and what flows from her extraordinary life.
How do you follow up on a number one best seller that has won multiple awards? Hayley Scrivenor’s latest – Girl Falling – is an exploration of friendship .. and what happens when it turns bad. How did she come to write it? How did she get it down ‘on paper’?